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Metoclopramide Given Pre‐operatively Empties the Stomach
Author(s) -
Adelhøj B.,
Petring O. U.,
Pedersen N. O.,
Andersen R. D.,
Busch P.,
Vestergård A. S.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1985.tb02208.x
Subject(s) - metoclopramide , medicine , premedication , stomach , anesthesia , placebo , orthopedic surgery , surgery , vomiting , alternative medicine , pathology
Sixty adult patients admitted for emergency major orthopedic surgery were studied according to a doubleblind, randomized design in order to evaluate if a single dose of 20 mg metoclopramide given intravenously at least 90 min before premedication could evacuate the stomach before anesthesia. Three patients were excluded. X‐ray examination following intake of barium sulfate before anesthesia showed 10 patients with a full stomach, all belonging to the placebo group. This study demonstrates significantly fewer ( P < 0.002) patients with a full stomach before anesthesia after metoclopramide, indicating that administration of metoclopramide reduces the risk of aspiration of gastric contents to the lungs during anesthesia.